Non-refillable bottle.



E. BOSER L E. MATZ.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 8, 1914y Patented. Mar. 23, 1915.

THE MORRIS PETERS Ca. PHOTa-LITHO.. WASHING TUN. D. C,

EMIL BOSER AND EARNEST MATZ, OE HOLLYNOOD, CALIFORNIA.

NON-REFILLBLE BOTTLE.

Application filed April 8, 1914i.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, EMIL Boeien and FARNEST Mara, citizens of the United States, residing at Hollywood, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to bottles and more particularly to bottles of the non-refillable type and has for an object to provide a bottle which can not be conveniently refilled with another' or inferior fluid after the original contents have once been withdrawn therefrom.

The invention contemplates among `other features the provision of a non-refillable bottle which has the neck thereof so arranged and constructed and cooperating with a ball valve that after the bottle has once been filled it can not be conveniently refilled, upon being emptied thus preventing persons other than the manufacturers or distributers of the original contents of the bottle from refilling the bottle with a spurl ous or inferior fluid.

lin the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specilication in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the bottle showing the same in upright and sealed position the bottle being filled with the original fluid, Fig. Q is a fragmentary vertical sectional view showing the intermediate position of the bottle valve, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view showing the position of the bottle valve after the bottle has been emptied, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4 -4 in Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the views we provide a bottle body 10 including an integral neck 11, said neck being of a tubular nature and including a bulged portion forming a chamber 12 and a correspondingly restricted portion constituting a passage 13.

The neck 11. at its lower end is restricted to form a valve seat 14C which we will term the lower valve seat and above the bulged por# tion forming the chamber 12 the neck is again restricted to form a second valve seat 15 and which we will term the intermediate valve seat. Near its upper end the neck is Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Mar., 23, 1915.

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again restricted to form a third valve seat 1G which l will term the upper valve seat, the latter valve seat being formed at the mouth of the passage 13.

The medial portion of the neck 11 and which is restricted to form the intermediate valve seat 15 provides a circular depending liange 1? which forms the intermediate valve seat and this flange is preferably provided with a plurality of openings or passages 18 through which the fluid is adapted to flow. ball valve 19 is provided Aand is formed and constructed so that it can be slightly compressed. To this end the ball valve may be formed of rubber or it may consist of a glass core encircled by rubber. it will be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the particular construction of the ball valve except that it shall be slightly compressible. rlhis ball valve is adapted to repose upon the upper valve seat 16 and after the bottle body has been initially filled with the desired fluid it will be seen that the ball valve when arranged upon the upper valve seat will effectively seal the bottle as shown in Fig. 1. N ow when it is desired to pour the contents of the bottle therefrom a downward pressure is exerted on the ball valve thus releasing or disengaging the saine from the upper valve seat and permitting it to gravitate onto the intermediate valve seat with which it will. frictionally contact and will thus be held stationary. It will be apparent that when the ball valve is in this position as shown in Fig. 2, the tilting of the bottle will result in the contents thereof being poured therefrom, said fluid passing through the chamber 19, and the openings or passages 18, into the passage 13 and from which it will be poured out of the neck when the bottle valve rests upon the intermediate valve seat. New after the original contents of the bottle have been withdrawn there from a second downward pressure is exerted on the ball valve thus disengaging the same from the intermediate valve seat and permitting it to drop on to and frictionally contact with the lower valve seat 11i. The ball valve when in engagement with the lower valve seat will effectively close the bottle body and it will be readily seen that the bottle body cannot be conveniently filled when in an upright position for the reason that the ball valve will close the lower portion of the neck which communicates with the interior of the bottle body. Assuming that the bottle body is inverted for the purpose of refilling the ball valve will prevent the fluid from being forced upwardly through the passage 13 and chamber 12 into the interior of the bottle body, it being rigidly held on the lower valve seat as mentioned. If desirable a rod or some other suitable implement can be used to force the ball valve from one seat to the other and with this instrument the ball valve can be jammed into engagement with the lower valve seat after the bottle body has been emptied. On account of the smooth circular surface of the ball valve it would hardly be possible to insert another instrument into thev neck of the bottle and remove the ball valve from its engagement with the lower valve seat.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the bottle consists of but two parts namely the bottle body having an integral neck and the ball valve arranged to operate in the neck. lt will be noted that the device set forth can be cheaply manufactured; cannot readily get out of order on account of its simplicity and can be easily operated to accomplish the desired results.

lwhat we claim is In a non-refillable bottle, a bottle body having a neck provided with a bulged portion, a lower valve seat in the neck and formed at the juncture of the neck with the bottle body, an intermediate valve seat in the neck, and an upper valve seat in the neck formed adjacent the mouth of the neck, said valve seats being spaced apart, a resilient ball valve normally reposing on the upper valve seat to initially seal the bottle body, said ball valve being movable to engage and repose upon the intermediate valve seat and further movable out of en gagement with the intermediate valve seat to engage and repose upon the lower valve seat to seal the bottle body after the same has been emptied to prevent reiilling, said intermediate valve seat being formed by an inwardly projecting extension of the upper portion of the neck, lying within the bulged portion of the neck and spaced therefrom, and a series of passages formed in the said inward extension and adapted to be unrestricted by the ball valve when the same is on the intermediate valve seat to permit of pouring the contents of said bottle body therefrom when said ball valve is on said intermediate valve seat.

ln testimony whereof we allix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

MR. EMIL BOSER. MR. EARNEST lilTZ. Vitnesses 7. lV. KERRIGAN, GUS NGLis.

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